Place:Passaic, New Jersey, United States
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NamePassaic
TypeCounty
Coordinates42°N 74.283°W
Located inNew Jersey, United States     (1837 - )
See alsoBergen, New Jersey, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Essex, New Jersey, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Borough
Bloomingdale
Haledon
Hawthorne
North Haledon
Pompton Lakes ( 1682 - )
Prospect Park
Ringwood
Totowa
Wanaque
West Paterson
Cemetery
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Laurel Grove Memorial Park
Old First Protestant Dutch Church at Aquackanonk
Inhabited place
Apshawa
Awosting
Browns
Clifton
Clinton
Cooper
Echo Lake
Hewitt
Lakeside
Little Falls
Macopin
Moe
Monks
Newfoundland
Oak Ridge
Passaic
Paterson ( 1791 - )
Pompton
Postville
Smiths Mills
Upper Greenwood Lake
Upper Macopin
Uttertown
Wanaque-Midvale
Wayne
West Milford
Township
Acquackanonk
Manchester
Wayne (township)
Unknown
Allwood
Athenia
Delawanna
Preakness
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Passaic County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population of Passaic County was enumerated at 524,118,[1] an increase of 22,892 (4.6%) from the 501,226 counted at the 2010 U.S. Census, in turn an increase of 12,177 (+2.5%) from the 489,049 counted in the 2000 Census. The most populous place in Passaic County is Paterson, with 159,732 residents at the 2020 Census, more than 29% of the county's population, while West Milford covered , the largest total area of any municipality and more than 40% of the county's area.

Passaic County was created on February 7, 1837, from portions of Bergen and Essex counties.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1837 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 16,734
1850 22,569
1860 29,013
1870 46,416
1880 68,860
1890 105,046
1900 155,202
1910 215,902
1920 259,174
1930 302,129
1940 309,353
1950 337,093
1960 406,618
1970 460,782
1980 447,585
1990 453,060
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States

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